India National Cricket Team Vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Match Scorecard: Ahead of three test matches against New Zealand, the Men in Blue are getting prepared for some red ball action. New Zealand’s tour of India 2024 starts with the first test in Bengaluru October 16. The two matches in Pune and Mumbai follow the upcoming two, on October 24 and November 1.
India will arrive at the series after a thumping whitewash of Bangladesh last month, while New Zealand were whitewashed 0-2 in Sri Lanka. But the performances of the two teams in the series before that have been contrasting. It is a part of the 2023-25 World Test Championship. Both sides are in contention for qualification to the WTC final and this series result will have an impact on that area.
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India national cricket team vs New Zealand national cricket team players: Test Series
This is the last test series these two teams have played, the team who were these teams last played test series, back in 2021-22 in India, the visitors management held the cup, that team took one of the trophy home. A lot has changed since then. But that lot is gone now. Mohammed Shami is out of the team, and is yet to fully recover. Vice captain Bumrah has been appointed. New Zealand on the other hand lost their last series in Sri Lanka last month 0 – 2. Therefore, Tim Southee quit and Tom Latham has been named captain. Mark Chapman is new and the rest of the team is basically the same roster as what they had in Sri Lanka.
India Test Squad vs New Zealand
- Captain: Rohit Sharma (C)
- Virat Kohli
- Jasprit Bumrah (vc)
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- KL Rahul (wk)
- Shubman Gill
- Rishabh Pant (wk)
- Ravi Ashwin
- Dhruv Jurel (wk)
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Sarfaraz Khan
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Axar Patel
- Siraj
- Akash Deep
New Zealand Test Squad vs India
- Captain: Tom Latham (c)
- Kane Williamson
- Devon Conway
- Tom Blundell (wk)
- Daryl Mitchell
- Matt Henry
- Rachin Ravindra
- Glenn Phillips
- Tim Southee
- Mitchell Santner
- Jacod Duffy
- Ajaz Patel
- Will O’Rourke
- Will Young
- Mark Chapman
- Michael Bracewell
India National Cricket Team Vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Match Scorecard
India vs New Zealand Test Head-to-Head Stats
The very first time that India and New Zealand squared off in a bilateral test series was back in 1955/56. Since then, these two teams have played 22 bilateral series in the longest format of the game. India have an excellent record, as they have won 12 bilateral series as compared to six for New Zealand, while the remaining four series have been drawn.
IND vs NZ Test Head-to-Head
Matches: 63
India Won: 22
New Zealand Won: 14
Drawn: 27
No Result: 0
IND vs NZ 1st Test Scorecard
IND 1st Innings
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 13 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 20.63 |
| Rohit (c) | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| Kohli | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sarfaraz Khan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pant (wk) | 20 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 40.82 |
| Rahul | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashwin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 11.76 |
| Bumrah | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Siraj | 4* | 16 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
Extras: 4 (b 0, lb 1, w 2, nb 1, p 0)
Total: 46-10 (31.2 Overs, RR: 1.47)
NZ Bowling
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO |
| Southee | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 |
| Matt Henry | 13.2 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 |
| William ORourke | 12 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1.8 |
NZ 1st Innings Batting
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Latham (c) | 15 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 30.61 |
| Conway | 91 | 105 | 11 | 3 | 86.67 |
| Will Young | 33 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 45.21 |
| Rachin Ravindra | 134 | 157 | 13 | 4 | 85.35 |
| Daryl Mitchell | 18 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 36.73 |
| Tom Blundell (wk) | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.5 |
| Glenn Phillips | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 77.78 |
| Matt Henry | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 88.89 |
| Southee | 65 | 73 | 5 | 4 | 89.04 |
| Ajaz Patel | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| William ORourke | 0* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Extras: 15 (b 8, lb 4, w 2, nb 1, p 0)
Total: 402-10 (91.3 Overs, RR: 4.39)
